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Traditionally thought of as a soft skill, stress management is becoming increasingly important for businesses looking to maintain a resilient workforce. Sadie Hopson explains how a new standardised approach to training practitioners in this field should help improve the quality of learning and confidence in the profession. Read More
June 27, 2012
The past few years have seen employers make good progress on sickness absence, but momentum has now slowed. Drawing on the findings of an important annual survey of manufacturing firms, Professor Sayeed Khan considers how government and employers can inject further improvement in this area and benefit from the associated productivity gains. Read More
May 16, 2012
"Dealing with stress is a skill we can all learn and get better at," visitors to the Occupational Health Theatre heard today (16 May). Read More
May 14, 2012
Short-term absence rates have begun to plateau, while stress, anxiety and depression have resulted in a rise in long-term sickness absence for many companies, a major survey of the manufacturing industry has found. Read More
January 24, 2012
The recession and the increased job insecurity associated with it are persuading more workers to go into work when they should be off sick, a new survey reveals. Read More
October 7, 2011
For the first time, stress has topped the list of reasons for long-term sickness absence among both manual and non-manual employees, according to the latest absence management survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Read More
September 27, 2011
The stress profession is the latest in the occupational health and safety field to embrace the current vogue for accreditation. Read More
January 4, 2011
For many health and safety practitioners, employee well-being has been a natural continuation from stress and mental-health management, with the focus expanded to include health-risk management, provision of onsite health services, and general health promotion. But, ask Kim Shutler-Jones and Gary Tideswell, as we move into a culture of 'doing more with less', is this enough? Read More
October 13, 2010
A quarter of workers fears being sacked or earmarked for future redundancy if they take time off sick, according to a survey by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP). Read More
July 14, 2010
Exploring the hazards nurses face and the challenges on the horizon, Kim Sunley concludes that a focus on the health and well-being of health-care staff will reap benefits for patients. Read More